FRAMINGHAM – A North Carolina man accused of taking part in a violent home invasion in September, where a family of five were bound at gunpoint, was ordered held on $100,000 bail in Framingham District Court on Friday.

Celso Rivera, 31, had been held without bail since Nov. 4, when a Framingham District Court judge ordered him held as a danger to the public.

That order expired this week and in court on Friday, prosecutor Nate Burris asked Judge Robert Greco to hold Rivera on $100,000 bail.

"These are very serious offenses," Burris said.

Rivera, of North Carolina, was among five men armed with guns who forced their way into a Beacon Street home on Sept. 15, authorities said.

The men tied up a mother and her three children. At gunpoint, the father was forced to open his safe and give them between $15,000 and $20,000 in cash and jewelry. Authorities said the men then tied up the father and left the family bound and struggling. The oldest daughter freed herself, untied the family and called police.

Authorities said they tied Rivera to the crime because a 9-year-old boy in the home remembered seeing one of the men who was not wearing gloves touch glass on the front door. Police found a fingerprint that matched Rivera’s.

North Carolina authorities arrested Rivera on Oct. 17. Rivera made a full confession, authorities said. No one else has been arrested.

Rivera is charged with armed assault in a dwelling with a gun, armed assault to rob with a gun, possession of a gun during the commission of a felony, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, kidnapping, kidnapping of a child, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and breaking and entering.

Burris on Friday said elements of the case have been presented to the grand jury. He expects Rivera to be indicted in about a month.

Along with the $100,000 bail, Greco ordered Rivera to wear a GPS bracelet if he posts the bail and ordered him to stay at least five miles away from the home.

Rivera is due back in court on March 5 for a pretrial conference.

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